The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems: For People Who Don't Speak Math | 
| Author: W. Michael Kelley
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 7605
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 1592575129
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.076
EAN: 9781592575121
ASIN: 1592575129
Publication Date: January 2, 2007
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Product Description
Now students have nothing to fear Math textbooks can be as baffling as the subject theyre teaching. Not anymore. The best-selling author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Calculus has taken what appears to be a typical calculus workbook, chock full of solved calculus problems, and made legible notes in the margins, adding missing steps and simplifying solutions. Finally, everything is made perfectly clear. Students will be prepared to solve those obscure problems that were never discussed in class but always seem to find their way onto exams.
--Includes 1,000 problems with comprehensive solutions
--Annotated notes throughout the text clarify whats being asked in each problem and fill in missing steps
--Kelley is a former award-winning calculus teacher
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Lost? Confused? Need help? This is the book for you!~ October 8, 2008
I am no sales representative but an average student who has never taken calculus before and was lost when I had to take it for college. See I have a professor who expects students to know everything and won't go at a pace or stop to explain and skims through it like we're geniuses.
This book doesn't do that and in fact it explains EVERY LITTLE THING for you. It's also fun and entertaining and doesn't really make you feel dumb for not understanding it. I absolutely love this book and I had bought this book earlier, but had not expected it to be any good until I opened it 3 days before my midterm. Every thing I had not understand or comprehend was understood after reading through the explanation.
If you're a student who feels weak in maths and/or is lost and confuse. Seek help from this book. You definitely won't regret it.
 Good for what it is September 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm going back to school after a long time away. I'd never taken calculus in my first time through undergrad and graduate school so I was nervous about taking it the first time.
This book is handy in that it explains, in pretty simply language, what's going on in a certain step, especially in those steps were people most often say, "Huh? Where did *that* come from?"
If you're looking for a book that gives you the same basic problem asked for in many different ways, this isn't the book. Go for Schaum's or Problem Solver by REA. But this book might help you figure out exactly what you're missing if you're working your way through a million Schaum's questions and find yourself stuck.
If you have Caluculus problems, you need this book!!! June 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent book,I always had serious problems with calculus because I don't had a good preparation on high school,and now that I'm studying University this book was really helpful.
 okay April 9, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is good in showing many if not all types of problems for Pre cal review and calculus but its name deceives. I was hoping that it would have practice problems. All does is that it shows you how to solve a type of problem, just once. Its a good aid for those taking calc classes, but its not as good for self study. For that The Calculus Lifesaver is much better to learn calculus, and standard textbooks or workbooks are better for providing practice.
I don't speak math... March 27, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is truly written for people who really do not speak math...like myself! I understand what he writes about...and my calculus text is ridiculous to try to understand. This seems to be the perfect compliment to a class. Highly recommended. One thing I do wish is that there was some space between the problem and the solution so that we could try to work the problem out...but then the book would be even bigger and that's not practical. I guess just keep on with sliding the paper down the page...
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